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Show Agriculture Dept. Readies Hearing , Proposals to amend the Great Basin, Utah, federal milk marketing mar-keting order will be. the subject of a hearing in South Salt Lake Feb. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week. The hearing, to convene at 10 a.m., in the South Salt Lake Auditorium, 2490 So. State St., has been requested by organizations organiza-tions representing a substantial portion of the producers supplying supply-ing milk to the Great Basin area. Of major interest at the hearing hear-ing will be a proposal to provide for a Class I price after April 30, when the present price is due to expire. At the time the order was issues, its Class I price was made to run for only the first 18 months, after which it would be subject to review in the light of experience. Other proposals being heard: 1. Expand the marketing area to include Uinta County, Wyo. 2. Redefine "approved plant." 3. Provide for a separate utilization utili-zation class for milk used in making cottage chees, at a price 10 cents above price for manufacturing manu-facturing milk. i -. 4. Revise provisions oh producer pro-ducer payments. After considering the evidence presented at the hearing, USDA may recommend amending the Breat Basin milk order. Interested Inter-ested persons would then be given opportunity to file exceptions excep-tions to the recommendations. A final decision would then be issued by USDA, which would be subject to approval by producers supplying milk to the area. |